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Ty123 Posted 8 years ago
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It/that

What’s the difference here? My friend send some a message and says:

There may be an underlying message to it/that.

  

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ty123 What’s the difference here? My friend send some sent a message and says said : There may be an underlying message to it/that. it = the message that was sent that = that which was said in the message In a way they amount to the same thing.

— CalifJim

  • ty123 What’s the difference here?
  • My friend send some sent a message and says said : There may be an underlying message to it/that.
  • it = the message that was sent that = that which was said in the message In a way they amount to the same thing.
  • CJ
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ty123

What’s the difference here? My friend send some sent a message and says said:

There may be an underlying message to it/that.

it = the message that was sent
that = that which was said in the message

In a way they amount to t

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My friend sent some messages/sent a message and said that there may be an underlying message to it.

We use both it and that to refer to things that have just been written or talked about.

  • I had pizza at Lombardi’s yesterday. It was delicious.
  • I had pizza at Lombardi’s yesterday. That was delicious.

Grammatically, both it and tha

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